UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Neal Koblitz

Date: 03/07/2014

Time: 14:30

Lecturer(s):

Neal Koblitz, University of Washington

Location:

University of Washington

Topic:

A Mathematician in the World of Cybersecurity

Description:

I will describe some scary moments that have occurred in the history of elliptic curve cryptography almost from its inception; talk about some of the ironies of controversies in cryptography -- such as RSA's role as defender of strong encryption; and comment on the complicated role of the NSA in cryptography. At the end I will describe some weird recent conversations I have had relating to the NSA.